Rib-O-Lator
12-14-2009, 03:34 PM
i thought it was about time i introduced you to the suck-o-lator. this is a vacuum box i made about two years ago. as most of you know most vacuum boxs are round, they make them this way so the wont implode.
the theory is, that when you suck, it will expand the meat allowing whatever liquid you have to enter the larger pours for better marinating. try sucking on your hand, same principal.
if you have ever seen round ones they are to small to fit anything into. i wanted to be able to lay out a rack of ribs without having to roll em into a ball, or a brisket etc.
the first one i made was all 1/2 plexi, but after a year the top imploded one day, i thought a bomb went off.
i made the one you see know out of stainless and the top is 1/2 plexi with a 1/2 square tube reinforcement down the center, even with the bar the top will suck in about 1/4 to 1/2 inch (looks like a bowl) with 20 inches of vacuum. but so far it's held up.
before i had my pump i used to unplug a vacuum line on my engine and plug my box in, look kinda weird. friends would say,"are we eating that"!!! as if the food would be sucked through the engine and blown out the tail pipe and onto the grill. some people have no imagination.
actually that would be pretty cool. that will be my next project. the engine-o-lator.
the box is 20x10x4
http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss147/rib-o-lator/DSCN0476.jpg
http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss147/rib-o-lator/DSCN0480.jpg
this is the vacuum pump. it will pull about 25 inches of vacuum. 30 is about the max any pump will pull.
http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss147/rib-o-lator/DSCN0482.jpg
because of the cold weather i didn't have a good seal so it would only pull 15 inches. still allot.
http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss147/rib-o-lator/DSCN0488.jpg
since i can only post 4 pics at a time, the others will follow.
the theory is, that when you suck, it will expand the meat allowing whatever liquid you have to enter the larger pours for better marinating. try sucking on your hand, same principal.
if you have ever seen round ones they are to small to fit anything into. i wanted to be able to lay out a rack of ribs without having to roll em into a ball, or a brisket etc.
the first one i made was all 1/2 plexi, but after a year the top imploded one day, i thought a bomb went off.
i made the one you see know out of stainless and the top is 1/2 plexi with a 1/2 square tube reinforcement down the center, even with the bar the top will suck in about 1/4 to 1/2 inch (looks like a bowl) with 20 inches of vacuum. but so far it's held up.
before i had my pump i used to unplug a vacuum line on my engine and plug my box in, look kinda weird. friends would say,"are we eating that"!!! as if the food would be sucked through the engine and blown out the tail pipe and onto the grill. some people have no imagination.
actually that would be pretty cool. that will be my next project. the engine-o-lator.
the box is 20x10x4
http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss147/rib-o-lator/DSCN0476.jpg
http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss147/rib-o-lator/DSCN0480.jpg
this is the vacuum pump. it will pull about 25 inches of vacuum. 30 is about the max any pump will pull.
http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss147/rib-o-lator/DSCN0482.jpg
because of the cold weather i didn't have a good seal so it would only pull 15 inches. still allot.
http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss147/rib-o-lator/DSCN0488.jpg
since i can only post 4 pics at a time, the others will follow.